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Arizona Officials Respond to Students’ Need for Affordable College Options
11 May 09 04:45 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To combat one of the most severe budget crises in its recent history, the state of Arizona is considering opening a fourth major university or converting an existing community college into a four-year school, The Arizona Republic reports (“ Regents’ Plan: Read More...

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Students’ College Access to Improve, Vice President Pledges
23 April 09 04:50 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Vice President Joe Biden intends to make higher education a reality for more young people, the Associated Press reports, in part by closing the gap between families’ incomes and rising college costs. Read More...

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No More Fixed Tuition for Georgia Students
17 April 09 04:43 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In response to a $274 million loss in state funds, Georgia’s Board of Regents voted unanimously to suspend its “Fixed for Four” program, which guaranteed freshmen entering the University System of Georgia a set tuition rate for four years of school, The Read More...

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Students Reach Record-High Levels of Credit Card Debt
15 April 09 04:00 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

College students are piling up alarming amounts of credit card debt, according to a recent survey by student loan company Sallie Mae, which suggests that not only are more students relying on credit cards to pay for their rising college costs, but that Read More...

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College Unattainable for Undocumented Immigrants
11 March 09 05:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Judah Lakin spends much of his time trying to help his students prepare for college. But even if his students have what it takes to pursue a higher education, many of them are undocumented immigrants and will never step foot on a college campus because they don’t have access to federal financial aid or in-state tuition. Read More...

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Citing the Economy, Students Transfer from Private to Public Schools
09 March 09 03:29 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Public colleges and universities are experiencing a greater influx of transfer applications from private school students as the flagging economy heightens students’ concerns about their ability to pay for college, Bloomberg reports (“Rutgers Sees 50% Read More...

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Connecticut Credit Unions Begin Offering Low-Interest Student Loans
16 December 08 05:04 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To help ensure that Connecticut students continue to have access to higher education in today’s economy, Governor M. Jodi Rell recently announced a new $17.5 million initiative that will help students obtain college loans at interest rates as low as 5.75 Read More...

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Student Loan Crunch Affected Some Private Schools, But Crisis Largely Avoided
28 October 08 01:59 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The student loan crunch that began this past spring failed to become the widespread crisis that experts predicted, according to the results of a survey by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities . Still, the NAICU reports, some Read More...

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Paying for College Gets More Challenging For Families
22 October 08 05:42 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Paying for college definitely isn’t getting any easier. “It just seems like it’s really hard, because it is,” says Diana Jacobs, a mother of twin, college seniors, whose husband recently lost his job, forcing the family to go from borrowing modestly to Read More...

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State Higher Education Commission Urges Indiana Schools to Graduate 10,000 More Students a Year
10 September 08 01:58 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A new plan unveiled Monday by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education calls for the state-supported colleges and universities in Indiana to graduate 10,000 more students with bachelor’s degrees each year — an increase of 33 percent — and to graduate Read More...

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Concerned About College Costs, Texas Board Considers Changes to State Financial Aid
22 July 08 05:13 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is considering restructuring the state’s financial aid programs amid growing concerns about college affordability. Proposed changes would raise the academic standards students must meet to qualify for the Read More...

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Massachusetts Shortchanges College Students on Financial Aid
17 July 08 04:04 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Although Massachusetts is known as a hub for higher education, the state lags behind other states in awarding financial aid to college students, a shortfall that many educators say is limiting access to a college education for low-income and minority Read More...

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Wesleyan University Student-Pioneered Endowment First of Its Kind
05 May 08 10:25 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The student government at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, has established an endowment that it hopes will eventually eliminate the $270 activity fee required of all students, writes Charles Proctor of The Hartford Courant (“ Wesleyan Students Read More...

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